Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12
LMMA ABBOTT.
How the sengssreas Was
Weacemed - seattle.


Assds from her maxnihsszs voice and
her Rreat ablliiy ~ 40 aclress, there are
SEQ things utlsh haps nads EHma
Abbott ; great favoziss With tee Ameri-
san public. Or. rashsr, which have en-
dsMEsd her % he AnsricAn psopIs- 0ne
Of these i her Anerisanian. Miss
Abbott Is il every seBss an Amsrsosn
ginger. And she has never been ASHAMED
Of her Anesioanisun. nor has sire souRhs
20 coEcsaI il ander nanse pulloiued IN
Italy. her long sbssnsss Abroad in
tie pEosecusion Of her musical studies
have only intensified her Amsricanisn,
and each tine she returns 10 the land Of
her birth more eompletsiy than ever in
sympathy with iss pecpis and rs insti-
buttons. she has not besn s'fcrsieniz d. !"
In her saecess, We have not LOST Der.
Every American &udisnce feels Ger
tain pfopriesaEy infexess in Miss 40
both and reioioes In the manifestations
of her pswer.
Bat tnls Is not ali which especially en-
I are Miss Aob0ts 10 ths 4 lneE.ssn pub
lie. Since she entered n7on her profess
sional career abe has been a credit 10
the Aneriean staRe and BAG shown her
self 10 be 9 representative Of whom the
American people may feel proud. Sus-
pioion has never rested up1n the name
Of Emma Abbott. However the tongue
If scandal may have dealt With the
names OF others who have Won fans IN
Q similar manner, il Is ever husbed when
her nanas Is mentioned. She IL one
whose fame Il a. uDtarnishec aa il is
great, and Americans take pride in
thinking that she thus represents the
spirit OF the people from whom she has
sprung.
Miss Abboti's fame a. q songstress is
world wide. fneEe are few VIE have
ne. heard CT her and fe9er still who are
NOT ever eager 10 hear her wonderful
voies. Il is accordingly small vendeF
thai from the tlme u was hrst an
uouucsd that Emma Abbott and her
company would visit the Pacific North
west, tue people Of Seattle have eagerly
desired q visit frem her and have looked
forward TO her coming as an event Of no
small Importance.
High Is she expectations Of the peo-
pie we're raised as the prospect Of her
Wait, however, no one could have been
disappsinted az the enthusiastic vel
come which vas gwen to Miss Abbott
and her company By lne people Of Seat
tie last eveaing. Frye's ODsrs House.
spacious ~ IL is, vas scarcely able TO
accommodates the thFongs who we're
eager to hear the American prima
donna. Every seat III the dy Of the |
house was occupied and the gallery vas |
almost equally we'll filed. The audi |
snce vas not enly large one, but il |
was suoh q one n every respect 81 |
should make the one whose pres snce |
had called 1t together feel gratlhed. Ii |
vas q representative audience of the |
people OF Seattle, and ms Miss Abbott |
saw it, she e1uld not bave regarded 10 |
otherwise than approvingiy. Is vas as
refined, as Intelligent and AZ apprt eia- |
tive an audience as could be assembled |
ia any city OF The United states.
The opera presented was Verdi's I'll |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by many as the |
grandsst Of operas. Emma Abbott, Of |
course appeared ~ Lssn1ra, and so say |
that her rendition VI the pari was salts |
faatery 10 the audience would do her an |
injustice. IL simply delighted then. |
Tnsy listened TO her a5nderful voice /
fairly enrapsused. ana while she vas be- |
fore them the glance Of every eye was |
fastened upon her and every ear vas /
strained 70 catch each note. Miss All |
botl's voice. however, grand as il IS, Il |
u6t the only thinR valgh recommends |
her. Her acling aas improved wonder
fally within she past few years, and her |
atlainmenas Rs an actress are nov sach |
that, even we're her voice left entirely |
cot OF confederation, she would ssili be |
regArded-ABd deserve 10 be regarded
a. star OF the tirst magnitude.
Time and again was Miss Abbott sp
plAudsd with the utmost enthusiasm. |
After the second ACT she Gang " The
Last Ross OF summer" as only shs san
sing Il. She received hearty encore,
aad IL is not too much t. say that. had |
Miss Abbott been willing to undergo |
the ordeal, the an iienee Would yet be
gladly listening 8, the simple and beau
tifal cong. this evening "Homs, Sweet |
Hone" siH b. suug by Miss Abbott.
The support Is exceptionally strong. !
Every pArS sas well taken. Miss l. zzis |
Annanc ale, as Aznoinas vas given a re-
oeption second ouly 10 that gives Miss |
Abbott. Her 'voice Is a soprano Of raFs
poser, and soc rendered the beautiful
music Of her part 10 manner that can |
be described oniy a. perfect. Her ren.
dition Of Back 10 our Mountains" in |
the fourth act could not have been i'm |
proved apon.
Siener MonlegTifo, as Maurice,
pleased the andienes highly. His clear |
tenor Vuice was listened to with wEaps |
attention. He also played his ditiisult |
part In q manner that meritsd the |
warm approval which IL received. VIM. |
Prustse. AZ Count di Lana. vas equsliy |
deserving Of cOmmeadation.
The chorus is strong one, and the
orchestra is exceilent. Altogether. the |
Emma Abbott Englisk Opera Company
fally deserves the reception which it 70
ceived at the hands Of the people 81 Sc
attic.